With all the focus on the November midterm elections, Republicans are hoping their march to the majority starts a few months earlier, in Texas.
In 2020, Republicans were surprised and energized by significant gains among Latino voters across the country. Nowhere was that more obvious than in South Texas, where President Donald Trump did 16 points better than he did in 2016 despite winning the state as a whole by a more narrow margin.
Following the passage of Texas’ new congressional lines, Democrats expected a tough fight to retain one of those South Texas districts (the McAllen-based 15th) and were…
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